Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Stephen Kinzer

When: Saturday February 16 at 4 pm
Where: Gateway Building, 200 NE Water Street, Peoria, IL

An award-winning veteran New York Times correspondent who has reported from more than fifty countries on five continents and author of several books including All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror and Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Stephen Kinzer is joined by retired US generals, Iranian dissidents and university professors in a national tour to promote diplomacy with and oppose pre-emptive attack on Iran. The tour is designed to appeal to the American people and elected officials through events and news media in support of serious and effective diplomacy to resolve all issues between the U.S. and Iran without military conflict or threats of military conflict.

For more information contact Lisa Offutt, 579-3715 or l.offutt@insightbb.com.

Tour website: http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iran/index.php

Illinois Tour Endorsers:
Bradley Chapter Amnesty International Peoria Area Peace Network
Bradley University Muslim Students Association Peoria Chapter of NOW
Network of Spiritual Progressives Peoria Chapter Peoria Code Pink
Peoria Area Green Party Veterans for Peace

National Tour Endorsers:
Americans for Informed Democracy Colombe Foundation
Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation Just Foreign Policy
Fellowship of Reconciliation National Iranian American Council
Peace Majority Report Physicians for Social Responsibility
United for Peace and Justice Iran Working Group The Pluralism Fund
Women’s Action for New Directions Cultures of Resistance Network
Cathleen D. Stone & James M. Stone Fndtn. American Friends Service Committee
Peace Action

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Blog Archive

israeli gunman

israeli gunman
palestinian in class at the check point

Israeli gunman

Israeli gunman
palestinian children

Musician!

Musician!
My heart will go on

Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Pakistan

Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Pakistan
LAHORE - March 24, 2006: No way-out to avoid a traffic jam near Urdu Bazaar. — Dawn

poor animal!

poor animal!
MULTAN - March 24, 2006: A camel performance at the spring festival organised by the City District Government to mark the Pakistan Day

beast of burden

beast of burden
LAHORE - March 20: BEAST OF BURDEN: A damaged vehicle being taken to a workshop.—APP

Communing with pigeons

Communing with pigeons
KARACHI - March 20: A child enjoys the company of pigeons, whom he feeds, at Hyderi on Tuesday.—APP

Waiting for drinking water

Waiting for drinking water
HYDERABAD (India) - March 20: People stand in a line as they wait to fill containers with drinking water supplied by a mobile water vehicle in a slum area in the Saidabad colony here on Tuesday. More than 500 families living in this slum area depend on water supplied by a mobile vehicle and provided by the Metro water works once in three days. 'Coping with Water Scarcity' is the theme for the World Water Day 2007, which is celebrated each year on March 22.—AFP

Mud slide in Kashmir

Mud slide in Kashmir
BAGH - March 20: A man marooned in an area of Azad Kashmir affected by hill torrents following heavy downpour over the past few days is being rescued by local people on Tuesday.—AFP

Palestinians

Palestinians
BETHLEHEM - March 22: Palestinian students wear traditional clothing during a cultural event taking place at the Bethlehem University here on Thursday. The event, which included a mock wedding, is to promote the education of traditional ideals of Palestinian culture.�AFP

The World Water Day,

The World Water Day,
HYDERABAD - March 22: Peasant women make their way to a distant place in order to fetch water. The World Water Day, being observed on Friday, is intended to highlight the need for reducing wastage of this precious commodity. � Photo by Yousuf Nagori